Back in 2010, we shared some statistics from CareerCast’s annual list of the best and worst jobs, and things weren’t looking good for the photography profession. At the time, “Photographer” ranked 126th of 200 on that list, with “Photojournalist” coming in near the very bottom at 189th. Sadly, in the intervening years since we last shared the info, things haven’t exactly gotten better.

The fact that its much harder to break into the field could be the biggest factor for photojournalists and most people with cameras consider themselves photojournalists. As for newspaper reporters, well, they are too politically invested and report the news based on that political ideology, whether liberal or conservative. Neither one wants to give the Libertarians any print. This is a situation they've brought on themselves. If they would all go back to being objective, the newsprint industry may rebound.